PTI govt achieves history’s highest export target: Fawad

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Friday said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government had achieved the highest export target of country’s history, with an increase of 18 per cent in the Fiscal Year 2020-21. “If the services sector is included the exports are of more than $ 31 billion,” he said in a […]

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Pakistan, Uzbekistan agree to keep up high-level exchanges, expand ties

ISLAMABAD: The inaugural round of Pakistan-Uzbekistan Bilateral Political Consultations was virtually held Friday wherein two sides agreed to keep up momentum of high-level exchanges and further expand bilateral cooperation and understanding in myriad fields. The Pakistan side was led by Additional Secretary (Afghanistan and West Asia) Aamar Aftab Qureshi while Ambassador Furkat Sidikov, Deputy Foreign […]

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President for further strengthening Pak-Saudi cooperation in diverse areas

ISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday underscored the need to further strengthen bilateral economic and investment cooperation between Pakistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). He said that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia enjoyed strong fraternal ties, based on shared faith, culture, tradition and mutual good-will that needed to be further expanded for the mutual […]

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President urges int’l community to take serious steps to combat Islamophobia, discourage hate-speech

ISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday urged the international community to take serious steps for combating Islamophobia and discouraging hate speech as the two promoted intolerance and hatred in the societies. He emphasized the need to effectively highlight the atrocities being committed by India against the Muslims of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) […]

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Accountability process to continue till looted money recovered: Vawda

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Faisal Vawda Friday said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders were using unparliamentary language against those anchors and media persons who were asking questions regarding their corruption. The PML-N leadership made illegal properties abroad by plundering the national exchequer ruthlessly during their regimes, he said while talking to a private news […]

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Court rejects acquittal pleas of NAB officials

ISLAMABAD:An Accountability Court (AC) on Friday once again rejected the acquittal pleas filed by three former National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials in a case of misuse of powers. The AC Judge Asghar Ali pronounced the reserved verdict filed by former DG NAB Khursheed Anwar Bhinder, Subah Sadiq and Mirza Shafiq. It is pertinent to mention […]

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Leh Business Distt, Gujranwala Development Plan to beget economic activities, benefit citizens: PM

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday said the Rawalpindi Leh Business District and the Gujranwala Development Plan would generate numerous economic activities with the citizens being their direct beneficiaries. The prime minister, in a briefing given to him on both the mega projects, called for getting input from the private sector experts to enhance their effectiveness. […]

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